Caesar Dressing Is The Bizarre Secret Ingredient In This Super-Creamy Angel Hair

When I say Chicken Caesar Angel Hair, are you beyond weirded out or intrigued?

Jonathan Boulton

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The whole Delish team was a little of both. While there are plenty of pasta salads, I had trouble finding any warm pasta dishes using the dressing. Was this because you shouldn't be using salad dressing for spaghetti and angel hair? I was scared this might be the case ... but no. Turns out, you should absolutely be using Caesar dressing to make pasta sauce.

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Classic Caesar dressing is garlicky, creamy as heck and ultra savory (thanks, anchovies!)—three very good qualities in a sauce. If it's homemade, there's usually an egg yolk involved too, which inspired us to think of this dish almost as a carbonara. Read: use bacon!

Jonathan Boulton

We're not just throwing salad dressing into cooked pasta, but it's almost just as easy. Fry some lardons (basically bacon) until crispy then sauté garlic in all the smoky fat leftover. Next, pour in some chicken stock to deglaze the pan and stir in the dressing. You're going to want a thick and creamy bottle here, please don't go vinaigrette-style. Once it's incorporated, add some Parmesan, lemon juice and parsley. If you sauce is too thick, stir in some pasta water (that you hopefully saved!).

Jonathan Boulton

On a day that we shot 10 recipe videos—and therefore had an overwhelming amount of food—this angel hair was completely devoured, straight from the skillet, in less than 10 minutes. There were four of us in the kitchen. Judge all you want after you've tried this pasta for yourself.